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Top Gear

2002–2022 · Ended · 33 seasons

Documentary Comedy Talk Show Travel

First aired: Oct 20, 2002
Last aired: Dec 18, 2022
IMDb rating: 8.7 / 10 136,050 votes

Overview

Tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. Travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. Celebrity guests appear on some episodes to help test the vehicles. Things don't always go as planned, though, with broken bones and mechanical mishaps sometimes part of the experiments.

Nominated for 7 BAFTA 12 wins & 22 nominations total

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Episodes

Season 32 · 5 episodes

E1 Episode 1

Jun 5, 2022 59 min

Freddie, Chris and Paddy saddle up the Top Gear team bus for an RV road trip across Florida’s swampy Everglades. Their mission? To hunt down some weird and wonderful local motorsports.
E2 Episode 2

Jun 12, 2022 58 min

Freddie Flintoff transforms a Sinclair C5 into a bobsleigh and tackles a terrifying Norwegian luge track. Elsewhere, the team try out some classic TV cop cars before going head-to-head in an all-action police chase.
E3 Episode 3

Jun 19, 2022 57 min

Freddie, Chris and Paddy attempt to qualify as lorry drivers before embarking on a stormy HGV road trip across Britain - and a spot of truck racing. Out on track, Chris runs the rule over the beautiful new Lotus Emira.
E4 Episode 4

Jun 26, 2022 59 min

The team find out if you can grab a reliable used car for less than £500 - with the help of a tank assault course. Elsewhere, Chris lives the high life in Maserati’s new MC20 supercar, while Freddie goes on the charge in the all-electric Rivian pickup truck.
E5 Episode 5

Jul 3, 2022 59 min

Freddie, Chris and Paddy celebrate 100 years of the BBC by tackling motorsport 1920s-style. Paddy also delves into the history of BMW’s legendary M-cars, Chris gets to grips with Ford’s new WRC racer, and the team investigate the future of fuel.